Audrey Gibson: Mandatory Anger Management Before Buying Ammo

A Florida state senator has recently introduced a bill that seeks to end the “plague” of “gun violence” by requiring anyone who wants to buy ammunition to first take an anger management course. There’s an interview with Florida State Sen. Audrey Gibson above [about two minutes in]. Meanwhile, Fox News has the details . . .

The bill filed Saturday by state Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, would require a three-day waiting period for the sale of any firearm and the sale of ammunition to anyone who has not completed anger management courses. The proposal would require ammo buyers to take the anger management courses every 10 years.

“This is not about guns,” Gibson said. “This is about ammunition and not only for the safety of the general community, but also for the safety of law enforcement.”

As a member of the millions of gun owners who have never fired a shot in anger or committed a crime, I find this highly offensive. The requirement for anger management classes makes the assumption that all gun owners are angry, and that the only reason people buy guns is to settle grudges.

I’d think that someone with her background would be overly sensitive to laws that assume someone’s behavior based on one of their traits, like the assumption that all black people are too dumb to vote. What she has said by introducing this law is that all gun owners are too angry to own ammunition.

“It’s about getting people to think, really, about how much ammunition they need,” Gibson said. “It’s a step, I think, in a safer direction. It’s about getting people to think before they buy.”

I need as much ammunition as I want, buddy. What does it matter how much ammunition I have on hand? Do I go around asking how many baseball bats you have in your house? Or questioning how many death machines (I mean cars) are in your garage? Do you also want to limit the number of newspapers someone can read?

Gun and ammunition ownership has already been established as an individual, basic human right. A right that is protected by the Constitution and upheld by the Supreme Court. And this Florida legislator wants to introduce an onerous and pointless requirement to keep people from practicing with their legally owned firearm. It fails the “strict scrutiny” test by any account, and would be laughed out of court if introduced.

Gibson insisted the bill is not “accusatory” toward gun and ammunition owners, but rather an effort to improve the safety of her community.

I’m going to call bullshit on that statement. A bill (such as this one) can be BOTH accusatory towards gun owners AND intended to improve security, the two are not mutually exclusive. And the inability for Audrey Gibson to realize exactly how offensive her bill is to gun owners shows exactly how little she thinks of those who own guns. Untermensch, perhaps.

This is another indication of the ongoing vilification of gun owners by gun control advocates. They’re constantly and repeatedly trying to paint gun owners as rednecks and yokels who are too dumb and too irrational to be trusted with firearms, without actually looking at any evidence on the matter. They’re legislating based on personal biases and stereotypes.

Gun owners are becoming the new favored and politically correct “minority” to vilify, now that racial issues have more or less died out in the United States. Its just sad that legislators like Audrey Gibson have such a short memory, since it wasn’t too long ago that her parents were being persecuted in the exact same way.

Rather than requiring gun owners to take anger management courses, I think we should require our legislators to take a course on history and the constitution before they propose legislation.

This only proves my statement that, “…People are to stupid to think…” This ignorant, arrogant, moron honestly believes she has the mental capacity to utilize the thought process. HOW WRONG SHE IS !!!!!!!!!!!!! How soon will she be running for the Congress on that stupid, embecilic, statement?

I dont understand the point of waiting periods. If a background check takes ten minutes, what is the point days to follow? Im not saying it is supposed to make sense, though I guess before computers and the internet it did.

Unfortunately no… Most politicians are very smart. And that makes it worse.

I could take nonsense from a stupid person and just chalk it up to their lack of inteligence. Its the smart person who won’t listen to logic, who won’t listen to experts in the field of criminology, who won’t listen to FBI statistic, who ignore one set of facts that contradict their predisposed opinion, who don’t know which end of a gun is the dangerous one (hint– don’t look directly into the flash)….. Its the person who keeps saying the same thing over and over who ignores every expert, fact, statistic in favor of a pathetic looking victim to push their agenda…

I don’t mean this with the sarcasm that it may come across with but please encourage those who do decide to contact her to do so in a calm and professional demeanor. The last thing residents of FL need is for her to bring a stack of rage fueled and expletive filled emails and telephone transcripts to the committee hearings and floor debates as “proof” that gun owners are indeed as dangerously unbalanced as she suspects and thus the anger classes have point and purpose.

in point of fact, over 66% of guns recovered in crime in Baltimore were purchased by african americans. purchases by african americans were 5x more likely to be involved in a crime. would she support racial profiling for gun purchases? just saying.

People like her really don’t give a shit either way. To show accountability they need to look like they’re doing something–something about anything. Gun control just happens to be the easiest train to ride right now.

Legislators make laws, or at least that’s how we think. Actually, a person could probably do more good on average by voting “no” on every bill presented, even without reading them. Perhaps we should not ask candidates what laws they will push, but what laws they will push to repeal?

Gun control does not work & has been proven up here in Canada. After close to 3 billion dollars spent on this puke of a bill, it has been abolished. These morons have to spend nearly 3 billion of our tax dollars to figure this out! Words cannot describe the idiocy involved.

I think it is a good first step that everyone who aspires to run as a candidate for a political office or other elected position be required to undergo a complete psychological evaluation. Afterwards, the results must be made public knowledge. The same office seekers must undergo a complete physical and with the results of all their illnesses, diseases, prescription drug use etc made public.

Sounds like a backdoor to adjudicating ammo buyers as being mentally ill. State mandated anger management would, of course, be added to a database which would then be referenced during background checks. As this is remediation for a genuine psychological issue, you would essentially be voluntarily committing yourself if you buy ammo, as far as the graders are concerned.

Yes, the legislation is offensive and discriminatory. All that is beside the point. This is a creative new approach to achieve the antis’ agenda without directly being about firearms.

It will never see a comittee vote, much less a full vote. It can’t even be sent to comittee unless a member of the other house sponsors it (just learned that today). It’s DOA, meant to give her something to run on next cycle, and to act as a distraction. Sure, call her office, but don’t spend too much energy on this, save it for the legislation that will be heard and might actually pass. As a lifelong FL resident, looking at the R controlled house, senate, and govenor, gun rights are safe this time around in FL. If you want to help us, call our govenor and tell him to reverse his flip-flop on Obamacare.

Maybe she should concentrate on a civility and consideration class for her constituents. She is championing this anger stuff because a black youth was shot by a white man at a gas station because they refused to lower the volume on their car sound system while getting gas; with other customers around who may not appreciate what was being played. The man felt threatened by a car full of angry ‘youths’ and perceived an imminent attack when he asked them to lower the “music”. If they had said, OK, sorry man, we’ll turn it down, this stupid proposal would have never seen the light of day.

The thing about trying to limit or restrict ammo purchases is that responsible, hobbyist gun owners tend to go through way more ammunition on a way more regular basis than someone who:
– Buys a gun to commit a crime, or
– Works in law enforcement (but is not a hobbyist gun owner)

JFC, is there like something in the food supply the last 30 years that is making these people dumber than a pile of shit? Hey, little miss jax down yonder in your hole, Im pissed, but it’s because of morons like you coming up absolute crap, if this the crap that DC is telling you to sell? And, I’am also ticked that I cant find any 9mm this week, at least locally…

In the water. It’s called fluoride. And Nazi scientists, with the help of eager death camp volunteers, found it very good at lowering IQ. The Jews there, being very bright on the average, needed, and got, a LOT.

“It’s about getting people to think, really, about how much ammunition they need,” Gibson said. “It’s a step, I think, in a safer direction. It’s about getting people to think before they buy.”

Talk about thinking…Ms. Gibson. THINK before you speak. By your logic, everyone should have Driver’s Ed before buying ten gallons of gas or wait three days; or go to AA before having a cold beer. Or, taking a personal finance class before someone withdraws money from the ATM. I mean how much money does one really need?!? It’s Wednesday, I guess I should make those appointments now before the weekend.

“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.”

Others have wondered if they just said F’it & let out the asylum inmates, now you know. It would be nice if we could work together instead of playing these games. They don’t want blacks shot, I don’t want to shoot one. We have out of control black crime in the USA & I think we can deal with it without the bullshit. Open up the inner city boxing gyms, give these kids another “gang” to join. Milwaukee closed them up. 10’s of thousands of dollars were too expensive, now we spend millions. Rant over, Randy

we should have laws before you get into a car (road rage) before you go into the bar for a drink ( possible drinking problem) befor you cut your stake (krazed slasher) ps. no butter knives either. On and On we go
MUST PROTECT THE CHILDREN

These self-superior, condescending liberals all talk like this. Down to you.
And they harbor a deep resentment towards anyone who does not agree
with their point of view. It’s the same self-superior mentality that crafted
the Final Solution. No, I’m not waxing hyperbolic! Statist’s are big fans of
cultivating the power of myth, with inspiring talk of great and heroic deeds.
In their mythical world, disarming us would be that great and heroic deed.

TRUST THE FED’S, Was it not the Federal Government who killed off the majority of
the Indians, disarmed them, stole their land, sent them packing west, knowing they would freeze before they got there & Still being discriminated against.

Then why don’t we mandate a writing course, before you are allowed to buy a pen and paper, or a speech course, before you are allowed to publicly speak, Mr. Senator? I mean, if we’re going to mandate requirements before you are allowed to exercise a right, let’s not mess around.

When will these legislators learn it is not law abiding citizens that are hurting people but criminals and the insane. Over 2 million have been stopped from buying guns that were not fit to own them. The laws work and government needs to get the insane off the streets. It is almost impossible to lock someone up until they hurt someone. Our laws in every state say that if someone doesn’t want to be committed their family can’t get them committed to a mental hospital until they threaten or harm someone. Most often it is to late to lock the insane person away before they hurt someone. Gun control of law abiding citizens is about a Communist agenda not violence

Our 2nd Amendment states: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. This amendment was to keep a tyrannical government from forcing their will on us. Obama is training the US Army to kill US citizens or imprison them in one of the 800+ FEMA internment (defined concentration or gulag) camp if they protest or riot about what our government is now doing or will do in the future. This is tyrannical government in my opinion for protesters. Rioters are one thing and protesters is something different. Google US Army handbook for rioters and protesters. Frightening!

The government can murder us, imprison us, force us at gunpoint into FEMA internment camps (defined concentration or gulag camp), force us into a slave work camp and confiscate any and all of our property or wealth. I think this is tyrannical and dangerous and all citizens need to vote anyone that want gun control out of office ASAP. God bless all in the coming day.

Physical activity can provide an outlet for your emotions, especially if you’re about to erupt. If you feel your anger escalating, go for a brisk walk or run, or spend some time doing other favorite physical activities. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that can leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out. ^`:*